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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

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The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth.
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Ability Common Dangerous Man
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Goodness Reminder Reproach
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.
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Guard Known Safety Suspicious
Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.
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Believe Consistency Easy Expectation State
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Believe Easy General Man True
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man’s thought must always follow his employment.
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Employment Engagement Follow Impossible Man Thinking
We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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Existence Money Need

Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

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